In the mid- and late-1990s the Military Healthcare System (MHS) undertook an
introspective look at healthcare and where it would be 25 years later. That
project started out being called MHS-2020 and grew into MHS-2025.

Dr. (then Rear Admiral) Bill Rowley was a key leader in that effort. He and
his team at the Institute for Alternative Futures have developed 14
forecasts describing what healthcare might look like in 2039. These
particular forecasts were written for a MEDCOM effort to look into the
future so we might better plan for it.